Word: azam
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...being all-important, Dr. Millspaugh tightened that screw first. For example, His Highness the Sipahdar-i-Azam, onetime Prime Minister, was pressed for payment of millions in back taxes. Soon His Highness committed suicide, first proclaiming that his sole rea son for this act was "unendurable American extortion." Other nobles paid. Progress was made -slowly...